𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒, 𝐼 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑙. 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒, 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟. 𝐷𝑖𝑑 𝐼 𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒? 𝐷𝑖𝑑 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔? 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤.more

Long ago, on a distant planet, under unknown circumstances, a potato sorting station gained consciousness. For years, it served its masters - the astro Soviets - in good and bad times. When civilization came to an end and the planet was destroyed, somehow the station was launched into space. On its journey through the vast universe, it encountered many civilizations that rose and fell. Now, it approaches our orbit and wishes to impart to us what it has learned. more